Made him when I had nowt to do. His head is a diff and his body a crankshaft, tail is a cam and feet are bolts from leaf springs off a series and paws are pistons/con rods, all engine parts ore from my punto which blew up. An insult to a naff engine, my english bull terrier just wee'd on it when...

Better car accessory shops often have an alty test jig, for a tenner they'll tell you whats up with it if anything, strongly reccomended. The fact that you say you have 13.5v suggests that the alty is working. A short to earth somewhere on the wire that goes to the alty from the warning lamp...

I wish I filled my tank every 11 years. On a serious note though if the tank isnt rusty then maybe its leaking either at the seams as you say but it might be worth making sure as it might be the sender unit gasket. You can check the sender user gasket and replace it yerself easy enough, but...

Water on yer fan belt might cause that, you'd generally hear it squeel at the same time though. The brake differential pressure switch also might be the cause, I've no idea where the light is on the dash, but if the pressure varies on both circuits by more than a certain amount it brings the...

Moving the chassis rail is most deffo a chassis mod, and you'd end up with a q plate to keep it legal. The RR scout box on the other hand doesnt need major chassis mods, there will probably be other ways you can do it without major bashing. I'm still wondering whether you could stuff a...

No problem, theres even room on top for yer 'ommer.

Chip away a little bit on a sharp corner somewhere out the way with a screwdriver, you should be able to lift a little bit of the plating if it has any. The condition is also a clue, if its a few years old a standard chassis will have some rust, whereas a galv will have none unless its more...

I thought all series's had outside window hinges, my '80 does, and a mates '83 does. Maybe as you say its been welded.

Mine goes but I gotta let the tyres down.

I have a 300tdi motor in mine but its on the series box so theres no point in saying anymore.

Handy things those vw spaceship expansion bottles.

Every time you have a close look at rust you find more, ad every time you start to repair it you find a load more again, allways the same no matter what the vehicle is.

You obviously have more experience than me. Your engine lift is rustier than mine.

If its the original switch then it might be screwed, or it could be a switch from a petrol, some petrols have a 6v coil and ballast resistor, some of these had an ignition switch that did cut out in the start position. Somebody had a thread up a week or so back and had the same problem, I think...

Have I got this right, you dont want a series, if so wrong part of the forum.

I've got a couple axles spare here in the yard, from a 109.

I have one of the above on my punto runabout, overkill but it was handy at the time, doesnt struggle to start the little sewing machine lump. Strictly speaking its not a leisure battery, its a marine battery, leisure battery's are not meant for serious discharge like cranking an engine, whereas...

You can put a 200 tdi in without changing the 'box.

Maybe you'd better get another ignition switch, one without the lever.

Yeah thats a good idea re the bracing, I've done that with 1 bi 2 box as I've loads of it. Only problem with my series is that both a pillars are knacked so any shiftings will allready have shifted.